Sealed wrapped package.



I. s. STOKES; SEALED WRAPPED PACKAGE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 6, I914.

Patented Aug. 17, 1915.

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JOHN STOGDELL STOKES, OF MOORESTOWN, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO STOKES & SMITH COMPANY, OF SUMMERDALE, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF PENN- SYLVANIA. v

SEALED WRAPPED PACKAGE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented/Aug. 17, 1915.

Application filed July 6, 1914. Serial No. 849,121.

To all whom it may concern I Be it known that I, JOHN S'rocnnLL Sronns, a citizen of the United States, residing at Moorestown, in the county of Bur lington and State of New Jersey, have invented new and useful Improvements in age, the walls between the selected walls being then covered by another sheet or wrapper which overlaps the portions of the cover sheets which are attached to the side walls. As such Wrappers are ordinarily attached, the parts which are folded down to the side walls usually present crevices or folds which give the wrapper an unsealed appearance and also give opportunity for the lodgment of insects.

A principal object of the present invention is to produce a sealed, wrapped package of this type in which the package at its ends will be neatly wrapped and sealed and which, moreover, will present the appearance of being perfectly sealed so that no crevices such' asreferred to, will appear.

Further objects of the invention will appear more clearly hereinafter;

In the drawing which fully illustrates the preferred embodiment of my invention: Figure 1 is a perspective showing a container of box form with a pair of selected walls coveredin the manner shown by separate cover sheets, as suggested, so that it representsthe package partially wrapped. Fig. 2 is a plan showing the preferred form of blank employed for forming the cover sheets which cover the two opposite selected walls of the container. Fig. 3 is a perspective of the finished sealed wrapped package. Referring more particularly to the parts, 10 represents a container whichmay be of the simple box form shown.

In applying my invention, I prefer to form two cover sheets in the form of two blanks such as the blank 11 illustrated in Fig. 2. These'blanksare substantially the same shape as the selected Walls of the container to which they are to be applied, but

slightly larger than the same. I then form incisions preferably of acute angular form, such as the incisions 12, and these are preferably placed near the corners and on twoopposite edges 13 of the blanks. In thiswvay the blank is formed into a substantiallyrectangular body portion 1%, the boundaries. of wh ch are indicated by the dotted lines 1:), said lines 15 forming a rectangle of the same superficial dimensions as the selected walls of the box to which the cover sheets are to be applied. I then apply the cover sheets to the selected walls so that the lines 15 of the blanks overlie and coincide with the corresponding edges, such as the edge 16 of the container. The inner faces of the cover sheets are provided with-an adhesive" preferably over the entire area, before applying them to the container, and I then bend the side flaps 17 up against the side walls of the container so that they lie flatly extended and unfolded upon the walls. By

reason of the incisions 12 the side flaps 17 will have integral end laps or corner laps 18 which I then bend around the corners of the package so that these corner laps attach themselves in a flatly extending and unfolded condition to the walls of the container adjacent to the walls to which the flaps 17 are attached. I then bend up the flaps 19 which are between the flaps 17 of the blanks so that they overlie the corner applied in themanner indicated at the upper end of Fig. .1, I then apply an enveloping wrapping sheet or wrapper 20. This wrapper sheet is preferably of substantially. rectangular form and extends successively around the wallsof the package which lie between the selected walls preferablyin the manner indicated in F 3 and preferably with the edges 21 .ofthe enveloping sheet overlapping as indicated. Before applyingthis enveloping sheet, it preterablyli'as its inner face smeared with an adhesive -so that after it is applied it adheres to the side. walls of thecontainer and also overlies and adheres to -t he,' flaps v1'7 and 19. In Fig. 3, this envelop ngWrapper hasbeen' illustrated asslightly, narrower than the length of the box; The package has been illustrated 111 this way so as to. render the arrangementot' the parts very clear, but,

y it desired, the, enveloping wrappenniay be of the same width substantially as the length of the container so that very little space would be left at the ends of the pack-" age beyond the edges of the enveloping wrapper or envelop.- ith a package formed in this way, it will beevidentthat the endsot' thepackage present a very neat appearance and no exposed crevices are ap parent to detract from the appearance, ot

the package o r which might give lodglne'nt to insects.

It i understood that the embodiment of i the invention described above'isfonly one of the many embodiments or forms that the invention may take, and 1. ,do not wish to be limited '-i n the practice of my invention, nor in my claims, to the particular embodiment set-forth. i

\Vhat I claim is 1. A sealed Wrapped package comprising -a. rcctangulanbox formcontainer, cover having integral flaps at-the edges thereof corresponding respectively to all the side walls oi the container and of a length subupou fand adhering to the side walls of the "container adjacent said first named selected 1 walls, a plurality of saidfiaps having inte- Iral- ,corner laps lying flatly extended upon and adhering to thewallg ot' the container stantialtveq ial tothe width of the said side. walls. of said container, lying flatly extended at the corners thereof, and anenveloping wrapper consisting oi a substantially rectangular sheet wrapped over the "walls of- ,the container between said selected walls, 1 overlying the attached flaps and adheringthereto.

A sealed-wrapped package comprising ,a rectangular box-form container, .cover' sheetspverlying a pair of selected opposite walls of the 7 container, sa d. 'cover sheets consistingv ot' body portionsot substantially the same superficial dimensions as said l'ected walls, said body portions having in tegral flapsjat the edges thereof lying flatly extended upon and adhering to the walls of the containe adjacent said selected walls, a plurality of said fiaps having integral corner laps bent around the corners of the container, lying fiat upon and adhering: to the wall of the/container atthe corners thereof, and an enveloping wrapper con-' sistinghof a substantially rectzing-ular sheet covering "the' walls between said selected walls overlying the hering to said flaps. v p

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence two subscribing witnessesl; r JOHN 'S T(,)GDELL STOKES. 7 X'Vitnesses:

i CARL E. SCIIAEFFER, SILAS E. CHILI).

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